Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

I, I have lost already?

It's impossible?

"You're kidding! Fryhair lost?!"

"You're not deliberately giving in to the girl across from you because she's pretty, are you?!"

"You gave up such a good opportunity. I won't be polite to you, Fryhair."

"Get out of the way, I should be the next one!"

……

Ignoring the chatter of the people around him, Osi smiled and looked into the other person's eyes and said:

"Hey~that Voldemort."

"You said you would accept the loss. Now answer my questions honestly."

"Don't even think about lying, I can see through lies~"

"You, you ask."

There was no unreasonable talk or cheating; Fryer honestly accepted the loss.

The huge force just now made him realize that this unusually cute little girl in front of him was also someone he couldn't afford to offend.

And the "strange drift" a month ago also taught him to keep a low profile when facing people who are stronger than him.

"Wow~ I like people like you who are sensible."

Ossi took the other party's two 500-beli coins in front of him, then propped his chin on his hands and asked:

"Have you ever heard of an island floating in the sky?"

Chapter 117 Agreement

"Have you ever heard of an island floating in the sky?"

"Floating in the sky... you mean 'Sky Island'!"

"Shh~whoosh~~"

Ossie whistled briskly.

"Looks like I'm lucky, I won the first one."

"continue."

"Hahaha! Little girl, didn't your parents tell you that 'Sky Island' is a lie?"

Before Fryhail on the opposite side could continue to say anything, the people watching around him started laughing, as if the word "Sky Island" was the funniest joke here.

"Hey! Don't burst the child's fantasy!"

"You know what? When I was her age, I also believed in the existence of Sky Island!"

"Little boy, go home and tell your parents that Sky Island doesn't exist~"

"Pfft~ I can't take it anymore! I haven't heard such a funny joke in a long time!"

……

"If it doesn't exist, then why are you so excited?"

Facing the ridicule of everyone in the tavern, Ossi was unusually not angry. Instead, he tilted his head and asked calmly.

"Excited? Hahaha! We..."

The pirates wanted to make a few more rebuttals, but were interrupted by Osi.

"'If only Sky Island really existed!' That's what your souls told me~"

The golden eyes swept across the crowd, and everyone they looked at felt like they were being seen through.

"Resentment, shame, denial, disappointment, and a deeply buried hope..."

"Just a place that doesn't exist can stir up such complex emotions in you. It seems you're not as dismissive of that island high in the sky as you say~"

Gently tapping the coins on the table, Osi withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the crowd.

"You, you little devil!"

"What do you know!"

As if what he said hit the nail on the head, a pirate with some gray hair suddenly slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table and shouted uncontrollably:

"Sky Island doesn't exist!"

"Those legends are just made up to deceive people!"

"It's the biggest, most ridiculous joke that even the dumbest idiot won't believe anymore!"

The old pirate's emotional outburst was very sudden, but no one else present was surprised.

In fact, what he said was exactly what the vast majority of people present wanted to hear.

"Alright, alright, old man. Whether it's true or not, I'll know after I go up and take a look, right?"

"The needle in that glass ball is clearly pointing up to the sky~"

Ossi pointed upwards, his attitude still as casual as ever.

"So tell me everything you know about Sky Island."

"you!"

The pirate wanted to refute something, but seemed to have thought of something, and finally sat back in his chair dejectedly.

"What's the point of saying it? You don't have wings, you can't fly. Even if that island really exists, you can't get there."

"Heh~ You're looking down on me, aren't you?"

"Isn't it just flying? One of my little brothers can fly very well."

Seeing that the other party still seemed to be hesitant to speak, Osi simply picked up the two coins from the table and held them between his fingers.

"Tsk~"

"Well, I'll make a deal with you."

yah~

As a golden lightning flashed, the original patterns on the two coins were erased, and replaced by a strangely shaped dragon head with two mouths.

Lei Metallurgy.

Each of the three sisters is making progress at an unimaginable speed.

"If Sky Island really exists, and I really succeed in finding it..."

Ossi looked around, raised the two coins engraved with the image of the Sky Dragon and said:

"I will then drop one of these coins from the clouds. If you pick it up, you'll know whether Sky Island exists or not."

After she finished speaking, she snapped her fingers, and one of the coins was deeply embedded in the beam in the center of the tavern.

"Guuuu~"

Everyone looked at the silver coin that was mostly embedded in the beam and couldn't help swallowing.

This pub, which was always bustling with noise in the past, was now as silent as ever.

"Tsk! Boring!"

After a moment of silence, someone pushed the chair hard, slammed the door and left.

It seemed as if the sound of the wooden boards colliding could cover up something.

Those who left were almost all the oldest pirates on the island, and they were also the first to have their paths cut off.

They have seen countless pirates like Osi on this chaotic island who talk about the sky island and their dreams all the time.

And in the end, these people were either pinned to this town like them, or sailed away sadly...

No one is an exception.

They were once passionate, believed, and had expectations.

But after repeated disappointments, they finally gave up.

[Sky Island doesn't exist, it's just a hoax... Yes, that's fine.]

……

After these people left, the remaining people hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not move.

They all stared at the coin in Ossi's hand, their inner conflicts reaching the extreme.

Sky Island does not exist! It cannot exist! It will not exist! And it should not exist!!!

It should be a hoax, a joke!

A place for these fooled early comers to laugh at those who came later, and laugh at the bad joke that they once played on themselves!

They are pirates who have lost their dreams.

They set out confidently from their respective hometowns, soaring above the sea with a longing for it, until they collided head-on with reality.

The almost vertical record pointer seemed to tell them that your journey ends here.

Those who are unwilling to give up can only fall into the mud like a loser day after day.

The wings behind them were no longer able to fly, and the feathers had long been detached and mixed with mud and dirt.

They won’t believe it, they dare not believe it, and they cannot believe it!

but……

"An island floating in the air...it must be a very dreamy place~"

"What do you think?"

"..."

"I do not know."

Fryhail, who was sitting on the ground in Osi, finally spoke at this time, but just shook his head.

I don’t know who he was responding to when he answered “I don’t know”.

"Is that so~"

Osi didn't care and just waved him away.

"Next person."

"me!"

The thin man from before hurriedly sat down in the chair opposite Ossi and paid a thousand Baileys.

Despite the precedent of Fryhail, the 5,000 percent odds still made this man, who had already been deeply addicted to gambling, decide to take another gamble.

But after placing his right hand on the table, he added:

"Let me make it clear first, I don't know anything about that so-called 'Sky Island'."

"It's okay, next one."

Before anyone could react, the skinny man's thin arm was pressed down on the table with a 'snap' sound, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it at all.

The decisive defeat of two people in a row made the others who were eager to try hesitate.

And the boss's voice came at the right time:

"Little girl, your order of our signature dim sum is ready."

"Huh? What is this?"

"This is cherry pie, and it comes with cherry juice."

The boss limped and put the plate on the table. Only then did Ossi realize that the boss had a disability in his foot.

But she only glanced at it and then looked away. Injuries and disabilities were commonplace in this lawless town, and Osi had encountered quite a few on the way here.

"Cherry pie..."